Following a thrillingly positioned Sherman Oaks platform that hit the market this summer priced at $2.1 million, a four-bedroom home in Woodland Hills is the most recent example from legendary West Coast modernist architect Richard Neutra to appear on the open market of late.

The 3,062 sq. ft. high modern dates to 1962, and is known as the Baldwin House. Built into a hilltop, its floors emerge from terra firma like planar layers, glassy and with a near-flat roofline that suggests a plateau. One of the more interesting exterior features of this structure is the slatted flourish perpendicular to the garage, an architectural embellishment which has been very much in vogue in the last few years.

Inside the home, the honey-toned plank hardwood floors, and at least some of the cabinetry and doors, appear to be original. The living room is a midcentury gem; ebullient with the promise of tomorrow, it is as socially facilitative as it is cerebral. The kitchen receives a spartan treatment; all the white is only relieved by the strong color of the bar stools, which presumably will be absent when papers are passed. The minimalist approach is suitable given the historical context, but if more color is desired, a bit of imagination can easily rescue this cypher from the ether and give it life.

Other Neutra-designed residences to surface recently on the open market: a gem in Portland, Oregon, which appeared with a $3.8 million ask; and, back in L.A., the Loring House, which listed this spring at $8 million.